Vacuum massaging-machine.



G. B. RIDER.

VACUUM MASSAGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31, 1909. 929, 1 1 3 Patented 'July 27, 1909.

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ATTORNEY G. B. RIDER.

VACUUM MASSAGING MACHINE.

. APPLICATION FILED MAKBI, 1909.

Patented July 27, 1909.

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ATTORNEY G B. RIDER. VACUUM MASSAGING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31, 1909.

Patented July 27, 1909.

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A TTORNEY ments, and otwholly new UNITED STATES Pa'rENT OFFICE.

CHARLES B. RIDER, OF OCEAN CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO SAMUEL H. HANN, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY VACUUM MASSAGING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 27, 1909.

Application filed March 31, 1909. Serial No. 486,995.

apparatus, and has for its object to provide an instrument perfected in all its elements and as a whole, which, stated, generally,

consists, in combination, an air-exhaust or vacuum tube operated by waterunder pressure, a chambered vacuuincup, valve-com trolled tubular means between the two creating and governing the vacuum in the chambercd cup, other valve-controlled tubular means between the same elements to divert the water passing through theair-exhaust tube from the nozzle thereof to the vacuum cup. In a pending application for patent, Serial No. 448,113, I have described and claimedqan apparatus comprising said recited elements in combination, but my present, invention is ,of- 'inifrovements in the several elementsthereo and; of new .arrangeinents, in coinbinat'io', of. said elenor elements and combinations of them. 1-,

In the accompanying drawings lillustrating my present invention, Figure l is a side elevation of the complete device, all

the parts being inoperative position. c Fig.

2 is a frontview ofthe' apparatus, detached" from the water-supply bibfandfrom the vacuum cup, and showing 1 an; alternative source of wash-sirpply. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the same parts, -1i)art ly in section, and not showing the alter-native sourcefof wash-supply. Fig. 4 isan elevation of an alternative form of vacuum cup Fig. '5 is an elevation and Fig; .6 a central verticalsection of the principal form of vacuum cup.'

Fig. 7, is a longitudinal section of one of two similar valves each controlling the respective tubular means for air and water, between the vacuum tube or exhaust device, and Fig. 8 is a longitud nal section of the vacuum tube or exhaust device.

Referring'now to said drawings, in which similar letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views, A indicates a wash-- stand bib or faucet, having the usual screwthreaded water-discharge aperture, into which, directly or througha coupling-ring commonly employed, the screw-threaded'inlet end Z) of the vacuum tube element B of my apparatus is inserted; .hence the latter is not only operatively and removably supported by the fixed bib, but is so far connected directly with the source of watersupply, without the intervention of flexible or othertubular COIlIleCtlOIlS, and in such manner asto bring the water-discharge end of the vacuum tubeinto position over the wash bowl to discharge directly thereinto; these being features entirely new in apparatus ofthis class "employing-a vacuum device operated by water underpressure. The

vacuum tube Bis preferably constructed as a single casting, as shown in section in Fig.

8, and consists of the water-inlet tube which tapers slightly interiorly, operating asian injector-nozzle and which is centrally disposedwithin a casing b, of greater diameter in the region of the nozzle-to provide an annularair-exhaust chamber 6 the easing 1) thence extending, referably taperin to a smallendiaineter, and as at Z), at is discharge end, in order to discharge directliv'into thebasin to which the bib is attache The inlet end of the injector nozzle b proects beyond the rear end of the casing Z) to provide the aforesaid screw-threaded end or nipple b' to couple the device to the water-bib. Vvithin the casing, slightly beyond the discharge end of the" injector nozzle Z) is a plateb" which is slightly concaved on its side facing the nozzle and is centrally bored at b tot'provide a waterdischarge opening slightly larger than the opening in the discharge end of the nozzle. The purpose of this plate, when constructed and arranged relatively to the discharge end of the nozzle, as described, is-to getthe full air-exhausting effect of a moving column of water by moderating the ra' idity of its discharge through the casing mm the nozzle, and to this end the function of the apertured plate is two-fold, namely: .it operates as a sort of bafile plate, gathering the water on its concave face toward the central aperture therein, and the latter presents a water-discharge opening which, while slightly larger than the discharge end of'the nozzle, is relacurved downwa'r The casing. b is apertured in the region of the air-chamber b, as at b, which opening is screw-threaded, to conveniently attach thereto the air-tube c of a pressure gage indicated at (J in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. On opposite sides of the casing b are screw-threaded openings b (Fig. 8) which receive screwthreaded tubes d, d (see Figs. 2 and 3), one of them (d) leading, through means to be described, from the air-chamber b of the vacuum tube, to the vacuum cup to be exhausted of its contained air; and the other of them (d) extending through the wall of the casing and of theinjector tube, and also leading, through means to be described, to the vacuum cup. The former (d) and its tubular connections, govern the exhaust of air from the cup, while the latter (d) governs the supply of Wash water to the cup, when desired, as hereinafter described. Each of the tubes 03, d, being horizontally disposed and transversely to the length of the vacuum tube, are connected respectively, by

elbow couplings f, f to vertically disposed tubes e, e which are externally connected,

near the top of each, by a cross-piece or standard D. Near the top of each of the p tubes e, e, they are transversely bored to admit of a valve 8 (for the wash-water tube) and valve 8' for the air-exhaust tube. These valves are alike and one of them is shown in longitudinal section in Fig. 7, and they consist of a tubular barrel d having a threaded or notched end on which to removably place the end of a flexible tube 11/ leading to the vacuum cup m sisee Fig. l); and in this barrel is mounte a hollow plug d apertured at d so that on the turn of a plug its aperture will open or close, respectively communication between the air-tube e and barrel 03 while on the other end of the ,barrel is screwed a tube having a disk-shaped in it, so that when it and the plug are turned,

appropriately, the slot will expose the word On 'or Off as the case may be.

The flexible tubes h and h are respectively, attached to the notched end of the barrels of the .air and wash-water valves (1 and ti. and lead to the vacuum cup m, though, in the case of the water-tube h, the connection is through the medium of an interposed spring-controlled and normallyclosed thumb-valve 7L (see Fig. 1) which is the same as in my former apparatus and need not be further described. The vacuum cup, in the form most commonly employed by me (see Fi s. 5 and 6) consists of a bellshaped, or 0t er suitabe shape giving a chambered interior, of glass or other suitable material. At its flattened apex it is embraced on both sides by flat metallic disks each having a pair of screw-threaded apertures in which are mounted a pair of nipples, in, In. The nipple has a reduced discharge cnd, preferably, and on its projecting screw-threaded end is applied the barrel of the thumb-valve h before referred to, and on the opposite end of this valve barrel is attached the free end of'the flexible washwater tube It, extending from end of valvebarrel of water-tube 6 (see Fig. 3) through tube d to the'interior of the injector nozzle. The projecting end of the other nipple, /i;, (Fig. (5) receives the opposite end of the airexhaust flexible tube /2,, leading, through the valved tubular connections described, to the air-exhaust chamber of the vacuum tube. This nipple It" is however supplied at .its discharge end with a small tubular extension ifi'bent over toward the wall of the vacuum cup m with its end behind a boss 71: preferably cast in the material of the cup, the function being to prevent the flesh being drawn up into the exhaust tube.

For some purposes such as the removal of black-heads, so-callecl, a glass vacuum cup of tubular shape having its operating end bent at an obtuse angle to the body of the tube, and provided at its opposite end with a metallic attaching handle for detachably coupling to it a flexible air-tube, as shown in Fig. at, is very effective for such use.

' Referring now to Fig. 2, the flexible washwater tube it, governeo :y its thumb-valve if, and leading from nipple is on the vacuum cup, through valve-controlled tubes 8 and d to the interior of the injector nozzle of the vacuum tube (see Fig. 3) enables the -operator (without closing valve 8 or shutting off the air-exhaust) to wash the flesh massaged by pressing the thumb-valve and thereby establishing a direct communication between the source of water-supply and the vacuum cup; the water so entering the cup for washing purposes passing out through the air-tubes leading from the cup, without affecting the action of theexhaust except in degree. Furthermore the apparatus enables the operator to wash the flesh, through the vacuum cup, by a medicated solution drawn from' a bottle, indicated at n, Fig. 2, by merely shutting off the valve 8 governing the tubular connections a and d, detaching the flexible tube h from the barrel of the valve 8, and placing the detached end of the flexible tube 7 in the bottle n, the exhaust. in the vacuum cup operating to draw the, medicament through the tube h into the vacuum cup with facility.

The construction of the elements and their combination, as described, especially of the fixed parts shown in Figs. 2 and. 3, are such, as to provide a compact and readily operated device, removably attachable as a whole directly toa fixed source of water supply 130 by which it is operatively supported, with-,

out the intervention of tubes, and discharging its water directly into the basin of the bib.

The operation of the apparatus otherwise than as stated, is readily understood. At-

taching the fixed part of the apparatus, to the bib A by the screw-threaded projecting end, or an interposed common coupling ring, of the injector nozzle of the vacuum tube, the volume of water from the bib, passing through the vacuum tube will discharge into the basin, creating in its passage a vacuum in theair-chamber and extending through the valved tubular arm 6' and flexible tube It to the vacuum cup. With or without clos-b ingthe valve 8 of said connections, the valve 8 governing the wash-water connections of the apparatus can be manipulated to throw a.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1- 1. In a vacuum massaging apparatus,.the combination with a fixed water-supply bib, of an air-exhaust device comprising an injector nozzle adapted to be coupled to and operatively supported horizontally by said bib, a casing providing an annular air-chamber around the nozzle and a water discharge chamber forward. thereof, a rigid tubular frame-like structure mounted onsaid casing and consisting of a pair of oppositely-disposed horizontal tubes leading respectively from said annular air-chamber and the interior of the. nozzle, and bent intermediate their length into vertical parallelism, a valvecontrolled nipple near the end of each of said tubes, a flexible tube detachably mounted on each of said nipples, and a vacuumcup provided with coupling means for the opposite ends of said flexible tubes.

2., The combination with a vacuum tube comprising an injector nozzle and a suitable casing therefor providing an annular exhaust chamber surrounding the nozzle and a water discharge chamber forward thereof, of a frame-like structure adapted to support said vacuum tube horizontally, and consisting of a pair of rigid valve-controlled tubes leading respectively from the air exhaust chamber and interior of the injector nozzle of the vacuum tube and extending horizontally and in opposite directions, and then vertically and in.parallelism, a vacuum cup, and flexible tubular means detachably connecting the same with either or both said rigid tubes.

- ,3. In combination, an air-exhausting device, a vacuum cup and valve-controlled tubular means operatively connecting the same, said vacuum cup having a boss on its interior wall rearward of its peripheral edge, and a rigid air-exhaust tubewhich is provided with an extended end terminating in a recess behindsaid boss.

4. In combination, an air-exhausting de- Vice operating by fluid under pressure, a vacuum cup and valve-controlled tubular means operatively connecting the same, said vacuum cup having a truncated apex, a pair of plates on opposite sides thereof, and a pair of screw-threaded tubes mounted in said plates. 1 i

In combination, 'a vacuum cup, valvecontrolled tubular means leading therefrom, with means on the opposite end of said tubular means adapted to exhaust the air from said cup by a moving volume of fluid under pressure, said means consisting of an injector nozzle, a casing therefor providing an annular air-chamber surrounding the nozzle, and an apertured plate withint-he casing forward of the discharge end of the nozzle and in'alinement therewith, i

6.. In combination, a vacuum cup, valvecontrolled tubular means leading therefrom, and an air-exhausting device on the opposite end of said tubular means operating by water under pressure, said exhausting device consisting of an. injector nozzle having means to couple its inlet end to a source of water supply, a tubular casing therefor providing an annular air-chamber surrounding the nozzle, and provided with a concaved chamber in alinement with the nozzle.

7. In combination, an air-exhausting device comprising an} injector nozzle and a suitable containing casing therefor providing an annular exhaust chamber surrounding the nozzle and a water discharge chamcommunicating respectively with the air-exhaust chamber and interior of the injector nozzle of said exhaust device, a valve-controlled n'rpple near the end of each of said each of said nipples, and a vacuum cup, provided with tubular means'for air and for water respectively, with which said flexible tubes are adapted to be detachabl'y coupled.

8. In combination, an air-exhausting demeans operatively connecting said elements, sald cup hav ng an upwardly-projecting boss on 1ts interior wall above its lower edge,

said wall, a rigid air tube and means to support it dependingly from the apex of the cup, said tube having an extension end terminating in said recess between the boss and the wall of the cup. j

ber forward thereof, rigid tubular means tubular means, a flexible tube leading from adapted to provide a recess between itand Y and apertured plate in its water discharge vice, a vacuum cup, valve-controlled tubular .9. In combination, an air-exhausting device, a vacuum cup, valve-controlled tubular means operatively connecting said elements, said cap having a pair of plates on opposite Y. sides of the apex of the cup, a pair of screwthreaded tubes mounted in said plates, and reducing nipples on the ends of said tubes which extend within the cup.

10. In combination with a vacuum cup, :1 flexible air tube leading to and from the same, and an air-exhausting device comprising an injector tube and a vsuitable casing therefor providing an annular exhaust chamber surrounding the nozzle and a Water discharge chamber forward thereof, of a tubular frame-like structure operatively supporting said exhaust device, one tube of v sitions respectively,

said structure leading to the air-exhaust chamber and the other to the interior of the injector tube, a valve barrel carrying a valve, on the end of each of said members of the tubular structure, means to actuate the valves manually, means actuated by said valves indicating their open and closed poand a nipple on each of said valve barrels to which a flexible tube is adapted to be detachably'coupled.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto aflixed my signature this 25th day of March A. D. 1909. v

' CHARLES B. RIDER. Witnesses: I

S. H. HANN, A; BIDDLE. 

